The Land & Climate Podcast

How we uncovered pollution in the biomass industry

Land and Climate Review

This year, Land and Climate Review’s first investigative series has documented more than 11,000 breaches of environmental law at North American wood pellet mills. 

Alasdair MacEwen speaks to Camille Corcoran, whose recent reporting was published with The Times in the UK, and Bertie Harrison-Broninski, who normally co-hosts with Alasdair, but here discusses Land and Climate Review’s Canadian investigations, which were featured on BBC Newsnight

They discuss the process of uncovering environmental violations at wood pellet mills owned by Drax Group, which operates the UK’s largest power station, and how residents in Mississippi and British Columbia say they have been affected by the pollution from the mills. 

Audio engineering by Vasko Kostovski and Podcast House. 

Read the investigations: 

Related episodes: 

Click here to read our investigation into the UK biomass supply chain, or watch a clip from the BBC Newsnight documentary.